Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

industrialisation

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.70 in modern English

Syllables: in-dus-tri-al-i-sa-tion
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

7

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of industrialization.

British usage

Example Sentences

"The great industrialisations of the Midlands, north and Scotland that gave birth to large-scale organised Labour passed most of southern England by."
"It gave me more of a Cormac McCarthy vibe than a Westworld one, hinting at the death of the old west, the consequences of America’s rapid industrialisation and the death of a way of life, rather than a straightforward romanticisation of the frontier and its outlaw heroes."

Etymology

From French industrialisation, equivalent to industrial + -isation or industrialise + -ation.

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

industrialisations (plural)

Derived Forms

deindustrialisation reindustrialisation

Frequently Paired Words

industrialise

Synonyms

industrialization industrial enterprise

Rhymes With

information education situation population station association administration operation organization head station nation location

Questions

What does industrialisation mean?: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of industrialization.
Where does industrialisation come from?: From French industrialisation, equivalent to industrial + -isation or industrialise + -ation.

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